Dollar General Stock Today
| DG Stock | USD 93.69 0.36 0.39% |
PerformanceGood
| Odds Of DistressVery Small
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Dollar General is trading at 93.69 as of the 30th of April 2025. This is a 0.39% increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 92.02. Dollar General has a very small chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years and had a good performance during the last 90 days. Note, on December 27, 2021, Representative Jefferson Shreve of US Congress acquired $15k to $50k worth of Dollar General's common stock.
Business Domain Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail | IPO Date 20th of August 2020 | Category Consumer Defensive | Classification Consumer Staples |
Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, Midwestern, and eastern United States. Dollar General Corporation was founded in 19 and is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Dollar General operates under Discount Stores classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The company has 219.95 M outstanding shares of which 8.87 M shares are currently sold short in the market by investors with about 1.63 days to cover all shorted shares. More on Dollar General
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| CEO | Todd Vasos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thematic Idea | Retail (View all Themes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business Concentration | Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail, Consumer Defensive, NYSE Composite, SP 500 Index, SP RETAIL SELECT, Nasdaq Benchmark Consumer, SBF 120, CAC All-Tradable, SBF 120 Gross, CAC All Shares, CAC 40, CAC Industrials, Retail, Consumer Staples, Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail, Discount Stores, Consumer Defensive (View all Sectors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debt LevelsDollar General can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Dollar General's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Dollar General's total assets is financed by creditors.
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Dollar General (DG) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, TN, United States, 37072 and employs 194,200 people. Dollar General is listed under Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Large-Cap' category with a market capitalization of 20.53 B. Dollar General is active under Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail sector as part of Consumer Staples industry. The entity has 219.95 M outstanding shares of which 8.87 M shares are currently sold short in the market by investors with about 1.63 days to cover all shorted shares.
Dollar General reports about 381.58 M in cash with 3 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 1.45.
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Ownership AllocationDollar General holds a total of 219.95 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Dollar General outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to obtain positions in Dollar General to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Dollar General. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Dollar General as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. On December 27, 2021, Representative Jefferson Shreve of US Congress acquired $15k to $50k worth of Dollar General's common stock.
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Dollar Stock Institutional Holders
| Instituion | Recorded On | Shares | |
| Longview Partners (guernsey) Limited | 2021-11-18 | 3.5 M | |
| Amvescap Plc. | 2021-11-18 | 3.4 M | |
| Two Sigma Investments Llc | 2021-11-18 | 2.4 M | |
| Baupost Group Llc | 2021-11-18 | 2.1 M | |
| Northern Trust Corp | 2021-11-18 | 2 M | |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2021-11-18 | 2 M | |
| Fidelity International Ltd | 2021-11-18 | 1.9 M | |
| Qube Research & Technologies | 2021-11-18 | 1.9 M | |
| Millennium Management Llc | 2021-11-18 | 1.9 M | |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2021-11-18 | 25.2 M | |
| Blackrock Inc | 2021-11-18 | 19.4 M |
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Dollar General Corporate Directors
| Warren Bryant | Independent Director | Profile | |
| William Rhodes | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Timothy McGuire | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Patricia FiliKrushel | Independent Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.52) | Dividend Share 2.36 | Earnings Share 5.11 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.045 |
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